Qantas Club Dress Standards...Stubbies, singlet and thongs....What the???

[medhead]

Yes but the $3.50 would be reserved for the J lounge whereas I would expect the full fare $14 thong be fit for FLOUNGE.......I hope we can at least agree on that...

I'm sorry but neither of those thongs belong in either lounge. Not compared to my $30 designer thongs, thank you very much.

 

[simongr]

Is there a difference between smart casual and smart, casual?

I think so

I actually think the answer to that question involves Pandas.

 

[thewinchester]

I wonder if a pair of Vibram FiveFingers would be suitable for the lounge?
VIBRAM - FiveFingers

Are you kidding me? Until I looked at that site, I didn't believe that it would be possible to make shoes uglier than Crocs - but I'm no speechless.

No. Anyone attempting to wear these shoes into the lounge should be booted over to Jetstar, or better yet a Wicked camper for their trip.

I'm sorry but neither of those thongs belong in either lounge. Not compared to my $30 designer thongs, thank you very much.

Designer thongs are still thongs, hiding under a pretentious logo

 

[blueflamenco]

^^Not in a lounge but I have seen these on more than one occasion in airports.. (the fivefinger, rubber gloves for feet things)

To me they are hideous looking and I wouldn't feel comfortable with them for hygiene reasons either. Note: I understand that they may have benefits for certain individuals undertaking certain physical activities.

 

[medhead]

Designer thongs are still thongs, hiding under a pretentious logo

Much like $50 Tumi power plug adapters.

Luckily for me, my BIL works selling street wear and the benefit for me is that I get that stuff as presents for helping him out in the past.

(BTW I'm not talking about 5 finger thingys - Not even game to look at the link)

 

[Durin's Bane]

A thong for $7.95? Surely the fabric alone would cost more than that.

(I always purchase mine on sale... )

If I call the ones I purchased in the USA Flip Flops do I get a pass in the lounges?

 

[Durin's Bane]

Peasant......

Perhaps, but you won't believe how well the brown colour of that pair of thongs matches my LV Damier Ebene bag...

 

[Sprucegoose]

Perhaps, but you won't believe how well the brown colour of that pair of thongs matches my LV Damier Ebene bag...

Take a helluva lot of convincing.......

 

[blueflamenco]

Perhaps, but you won't believe how well the brown colour of that pair of thongs matches my LV Damier Ebene bag...

This is wrong on so many levels

 

[samiam]

I wonder if a pair of Vibram FiveFingers would be suitable for the lounge?
VIBRAM - FiveFingers

Now they're a bit spesh - for me, they visually combine the concept of thongs and bare feet into one neat package

 

[Deleted member 29185]

Take a helluva lot of convincing.......

I'm not sure about Mr.Porter as a role model for style

They have thongs displayed in their footware section, but at GBP 46, all I can imagine is they must have a large number of clients who are actively smoking something highly illegal to part with that kind a cash for something you can get for AUD 5 (the old adages about telling someone it's worth a lot of money and they believing it and a fool and his money.......etc, etc, rings somewhat true there).

To make matters worse, under their "style advice" tab, they suggest Loafers for restaurant visits :shock: (along with a Panama hat). A quick bo-peep at their shoe page (just to make sure I'm not confusing footware styles) sees a pair of loafers, which as I suspected, is the very shoe we used to refer to in the RAAF days as "brothel creepers".

Very sound advice, indeed!

EDIT: Apologies to Sprucegoose.......There was a Mr Porter advert in his post. I mistakenly thought he had linked to it.

 

[Deleted member 29185]

Here you are....

Off the Ralph Lauren site.........seems they think thongs are fine, just make sure you roll up your chinos.....to show them off a bit more

 

[straitman]

Here you are....

Off the Ralph Lauren site.........seems they think thongs are fine, just make sure you roll up your chinos.....to show them off a bit more

 

[Dee Thom]

A quick bo-peep at their shoe page (just to make sure I'm not confusing footware styles) sees a pair of loafers, which as I suspected, is the very shoe we used to refer to in the RAAF days as "brothel creepers"

And in my day as "Desert Boots", matched with white long pants, open neck long sleeve shirt, with a Cravat knoted around the neck. Ahhhhhhh.....I stil have bad dreams about that gear.
Bet Matt Preston and I could stroll into the FLOUNGE in that attire.

Cheers Dee

 

[JohnK]

Can the dress standards get any lower?

 

[samiam]

Can the dress standards get any lower?

JohnK - that was an open invitation......

 

[JetLagged]

JohnK - that was an open invitation......

samiam - your RSVP to JohnK's invitation seems like the logical solution for those who want to a) prove that they are not dirty and grimey, and b) those who feel that next to nothing is fine in hot climates - NOT that I would be advocating such, though would certainly make people spotting at the QP interesting - wonder where they would put their boarding pass?

 

[Limewood]

Can the dress standards get any lower?

Well yes, was in the Bris. lounge late Sunday afternoon last with my wife, could not believe how many yobbo's were there with thongs on and tatty clothing, we looked over at adjacent seat, a YOB lifting his hands up to his head with all of his armpit hair in full view, no thanks, we moved elsewhere. Empty beer glasses sat on the tall tables and the mens had paper all around the floor next to basins, it had not been cleaned for some time (short staffed?), my lady commented "why did we join Q Club!".

 

[JohnK]

JohnK - that was an open invitation......

The best way I could describe that is disgusting.

No wonder society is going downhill fast....

 

[drron]

So its not only the QP.
Negotiating the restaurant dress code